精美英文欣赏:你快乐吗? How happy Are you?

（单词翻译）

How happy Are you?

你快乐吗？

Self-test

自我测试

Find out with this test designed by Dr. Raj Persaud, consultant¹ psychiatrist² at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Consider the following statements:

你喜欢自测吗？下面这个由伦敦莫斯里医院的精神病顾问医生拉吉·佩尔绍德设计的测试将帮助你发现这一点。

1. My ability to concentrate is so good that I can forget how time has flown.

我能非常好地集中注意力，都忘记了时间是怎么度过的。

Agree: A Disagree: B

同意选A 不同意选B

2. There are many things about me that if others knew would make them like me less.

如果其他人知道了很多关于我的事情，他们可能会不那么喜欢我。

Agree: B Disagree: A

同意选B 不同意选A

3. If people don't like me it is usually because of their own problems.

如果人们不喜欢我，通常是因为他们自己有问题。

Agree: A Disagree: B

同意选A 不同意选B

4. There are secrets about my past that I keep to myself and would not share.

关于我的过去有很多秘密，我不愿和他人分享这些。

Agree: B Disagree: A

同意选B 不同意选A

5. If I had my time over I would do practically everything I did again, the same way.

如果我有时间，我会用同样的方式做每一件做过的事。

Agree: A Disagree: B

同意选A 不同意选B

6. There are many ways I could improve as a person.

作为一个人我有很多地方可以提高。

Agree: B Disagree: A

同意选B 不同意选A

7. My parents think they're lucky to have had me.

我的父母认为他们有我很幸运。

Agree: A Disagree: B

同意选A 不同意选B

8. My life was better in the past than it is now.

Agree: B Disagree: A

同意选B 不同意选A

9. I was born with a combination of talents few others have.

我天生具有很多人没有的才能。

Agree: A Disagree: B

同意选A 不同意选B

10. I get upset more with myself than others.

Agree: B Disagree: A

同意选B 不同意选A

Analysis

分析

8 or more As: You are scoring very high for happiness. However, one problem with being so happy is that it may lead to complacency.

8个A或更多A：你的幸福指数很高。但是，如此幸福可能会导致自满。

You are less interested in changing yourself, or improving certain aspects of your character, than most people.

我不希望改变自己，或者提高自己性格的某些方面，做得比其他人更好。

6-7 As: You are just above average for happiness, either because you're basking³ in the glow of some recent positive life events or because you have a long-term tendency to feel good.

6到7个A：你的幸福指数较高，要么你最近正在经历生活中积极的一面，沐浴在一片赞美声中，要么对于幸福有个长久的打算。

Your happiness dips when you become self-critical—at these times you need to be kinder to yourself if you want to improve your happiness.

当你开始自我反省时，你的幸福感下降——如果你想提高自己的幸福感，这个时候你应该善待自己。

3-5 As: Your average score means that you tend to dwell on times when you have invoked⁴ the disapproval⁵ of others.

3到5个A：你的幸福指数一般，当你引起他人的反对时，你会仔细地考虑那件事。

You need to realize these negative messages may say more about those saying them than about you.

你需要意识到这些负面消息可能是更多地在说他们而不是你。

Greater happiness will not depend on others' approval for your self-worth.

真正的幸福不是建立在他人对你自我价值的肯定上。

0-2 As: You're scoring low on happiness, which means you're confusing the pursuit of short-term happiness (through comfort eating, alcohol or other self-destructive habits) with what would bring you lasting⁶ happiness—the pursuit of a meaningful long-term goal.

0到2个A：你的幸福感很低，这意味着你混淆了对于短期的幸福（通过舒适的饮食、喝酒或者自残的爱好来获得）的追求和对于持久的幸福感（追求一个有意义的长久目标）的追求。

You need to stop putting off working towards an achievement that would make you truly happy.

你应该停止拖延做能真正带给你快乐的事情。